With all the negatives pointed the Flyers direction lately one has to think they're do for something good to happen. First, they lost goaltender Michael Leighton, after losing starter Ray Emery. Leaving them with veteran Brian Boucher to lead them to the playoffs. Then word came down Monday that Jeff Carter would be out 3-4 weeks with a non-displaced fracture in his foot.
Losing your leading sc...

As if things couldn't get worse for the Flyers, they were blindsided by the news that their leading scorer Jeff Carter will be out for 3-4 weeks. Carter will be out until at least the 1st round of the playoffs with a broken bone in his ankle non-displaced fracture in his foot.
Carter blocked a shot from Atlanta's Clarke MacArthur during the 1st period of last nights 3-1 loss to the Thrashers.
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I am going to save all of the cliches for saying “Finished!” until tomorrow. In the meantime, here are some things I noticed in Game Four….
Trend Setters and Followers
One disturbing trend that has developed leading up to game four has been the ridiculous amount of penalties taken by both teams. Stupid penalties, typically the result of after-the-whistle scrums that break out...

In this installment of Around the Atlantic, we look at the first round match between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers. We also look at more of the irreverent.
Flyers
This Flyers team has a healthy Gagne, Timonen, and Coburn. None of who were available when these two teams met last spring.
This is what their current forward depth chart looks like:
Scott Hartnell-Jeff Ca...